List of Americans by net worth
This is a list of wealthy Americans ranked by net worth. It is based on an annual assessment of wealth and assets by Forbes and by data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The Forbes 400 Richest Americans list has been published annually since 1982. The combined net worth of the 2019 class of the 400 richest Americans was $2.9 trillion, up from $2.7 trillion in 2017.[1] As of October 2019, there were 621 billionaires--a record high--in the United States.[1]
Top 15 richest Americans
According to Forbes, as of October 2019, the 15 wealthiest people in the United States are as follows:[1]
Rank | Name | Net worth (USD) | Age | Sources of wealth |
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1 | Jeff Bezos | $145 billion | 56 | Amazon, The Washington Post, Blue Origin |
2 | Bill Gates | $106 billion | 64 | Microsoft, Cascade Investment |
3 | Warren Buffett | $80.8 billion | 89 | Berkshire Hathaway |
4 | Mark Zuckerberg | $69.6 billion | 36 | |
5 | Larry Ellison | $65 billion | 75 | Oracle |
6 | Larry Page | $55.5 billion | 47 | |
7 | Sergey Brin | $53.5 billion | 46 | |
8 | Michael Bloomberg | $53.4 billion | 78 | Bloomberg L.P. |
9 | Steve Ballmer | $51.7 billion | 63 | Microsoft, LA Clippers |
10 | Jim Walton | $51.6 billion | 70 | Walmart, inherited |
11 | Alice Walton | $51.4 billion | 70 | Walmart, inherited |
12 | S. Robson Walton | $51.3 billion | 74 | Walmart, inherited |
13 | Charles Koch | $41 billion | 83 | Koch Industries |
13 | Julia Koch | $41 billion | 57 | Koch Industries, inherited |
15 | MacKenzie Scott | $36.1 billion | 50 | Amazon, through divorce |
Other wealthy Americans
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, each of the following Americans had a net worth of more than $10 billion and less than $40 billion as of March 2018:[2]
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According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, each of the following Americans had a net worth of more than $4 billion and less than $10 billion as of March 2018:[3]
See also
- The World's Billionaires
- List of countries by the number of billionaires
References
- "The Forbes 400 2019". Forbes. October 2, 2019. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Retrieved 11 March 2018.